Name: Clarinda Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2022-10-13
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-10-13

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Many large groups of yearling steers/heifers selling in load lots. Nice offering of new crop spring calves also available for the active trade. Compared to auction results from 9-29-2022, 700 - 800 heifers are called steady to up $3.00

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $185.47/cwt on 593 head.

Average price

$185.47

593 head · 750 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,391

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$241

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Large 1

$28.25/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+2.09

vs IA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	726	188.75	1,370	520
Medium and Large 1-2	733	165.84	1,215	22
Large 1	1,004	160.50	1,611	51

One grade step is worth $28.25/cwt here — about −$241 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 0–100 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

How it compared 0–100 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale593 hd

185.47

—

IA average7 barns · 3,687 hd

183.38

+2.09

A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot, as filed

49 lots · USDA AMS · Clarinda Livestock Feeder Cattle - Clarinda, IA

Nothing removed and nothing rounded — the same lots as the USDA report, with per-head values added.

Class	Grade / description	Weight	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	677	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	1,049	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	538	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	968	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	615	167.00/cwt	167.00–167.00	1,027	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	669	179.50/cwt	179.50–179.50	1,201	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	687	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	1,065	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	439	181.00/cwt	181.00–181.00	795	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	608	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	1,034	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	873	180.38/cwt	171.00–182.00	1,575	75
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	510	204.14/cwt	204.00–204.50	1,041	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	776	176.50/cwt	176.50–176.50	1,370	30
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	403	216.00/cwt	216.00–216.00	870	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	593	183.00/cwt	183.00–183.00	1,085	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	650	182.00/cwt	182.00–182.00	1,183	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	711	187.66/cwt	171.00–190.00	1,334	43
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	484	213.00/cwt	213.00–213.00	1,031	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	691	194.25/cwt	194.25–194.25	1,342	72
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	464	202.75/cwt	195.50–211.00	941	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	517	201.00/cwt	201.00–201.00	1,039	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	917	171.00/cwt	171.00–171.00	1,568	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	761	194.50/cwt	194.50–194.50	1,480	30
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	627	205.00/cwt	205.00–205.00	1,285	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	845	181.75/cwt	181.75–181.75	1,536	38
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	885	153.65/cwt	153.50–154.00	1,360	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	606	176.00/cwt	176.00–176.00	1,067	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	578	186.00/cwt	186.00–186.00	1,075	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	339	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	593	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	967	169.50/cwt	169.50–169.50	1,639	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	435	182.00/cwt	182.00–182.00	792	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	445	221.00/cwt	221.00–221.00	983	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	623	187.94/cwt	187.00–190.00	1,171	25
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	820	186.25/cwt	186.25–186.25	1,527	61
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	590	176.59/cwt	160.00–180.75	1,042	55
Steers	Large 1Fleshy	—	1,004	160.50/cwt	160.50–160.50	1,611	51
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	924	164.35/cwt	163.25–165.35	1,519	180
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	—	808	172.25/cwt	172.25–172.25	1,392	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	—	604	164.00/cwt	164.00–164.00	991	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	—	559	176.00/cwt	176.00–176.00	984	5
Heifers	Large 1	—	1,290	143.00/cwt	143.00–143.00	1,845	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	558	169.50/cwt	169.50–169.50	946	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	623	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	935	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	492	175.07/cwt	174.00–176.00	861	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	792	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	1,346	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	986	156.75/cwt	156.75–156.75	1,546	56
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	705	157.00/cwt	157.00–157.00	1,107	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	517	179.58/cwt	172.00–198.00	928	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	726	163.08/cwt	161.00–163.50	1,184	54
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	473	174.00/cwt	174.00–174.00	823	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	540	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	891	18
Heifers	Large 1	—	913	159.00/cwt	159.00–159.00	1,452	5

How this sale compares

Iowa weighted averages

One sale is one barn on one day. The state ladder is every Iowa auction USDA reported that week, weighted by head — the fairer test of whether a lot sold well.

Iowa feeder prices, every weight →Every state and region →

Clarinda Livestock Feeder Cattle - Clarinda, IA

Thu Oct 13, 2022

USDA Livestock, Poultry & Grain Market News · Federal-State Market News Service, Des Moines, IA (LS-NW)

Receipts 1,346Last week 2,114Year ago 0

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	677	155.00	155.00
3	—	538	180.00	180.00
4	—	615	167.00	167.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	669	179.50	179.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	687	155.00	155.00
6	—	439	181.00	181.00
55	—	590	160.00–180.75	176.59
180	—	924	163.25–165.35	164.35
17	—	623	150.00	150.00
25	—	792	170.00	170.00
56	—	986	156.75	156.75
10	—	517	172.00–198.00	179.58
54	—	726	161.00–163.50	163.08
8	—	473	174.00	174.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	339	175.00	175.00
7	—	558	169.50	169.50
15	—	492	174.00–176.00	175.07
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	435	182.00	182.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	808	172.25	172.25
13	—	604	164.00	164.00
5	—	559	176.00	176.00
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,290	143.00	143.00
5	—	913	159.00	159.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	705	157.00	157.00
18	—	540	165.00	165.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	608	170.00	170.00
18	—	510	204.00–204.50	204.14
6	—	403	216.00	216.00
7	—	593	183.00	183.00
19	—	650	182.00	182.00
10	—	484	213.00	213.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
75	—	873	171.00–182.00	180.38
30	—	776	176.50	176.50
43	—	711	171.00–190.00	187.66
72	—	691	194.25	194.25
19	—	464	195.50–211.00	202.75
3	—	517	201.00	201.00
11	—	917	171.00	171.00
20	—	627	205.00	205.00
38	—	845	181.75	181.75
8	—	578	186.00	186.00
10	—	967	169.50	169.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
30	—	761	194.50	194.50
9	—	445	221.00	221.00
25	—	623	187.00–190.00	187.94
61	—	820	186.25	186.25
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	885	153.50–154.00	153.65
12	—	606	176.00	176.00
Steers — Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
51	—	1,004	160.50	160.50

Head, weight ranges, average weights and price ranges are exactly as USDA AMS filed them — nothing recomputed, nothing rounded — in USDA's own reporting structure. This is RaisedBeef's rendering of that data, not a copy of USDA's document.

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